Thoughts on Wendell Berry’s ‘The World-Ending Fire’
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My first thought is about Berry’s language. Every sentence weighs heavily in the mind, as gold weighs heavy in the hand. How does he combine ordinary words into such weighty thoughts? It is a gift of his. Reading him invites me to slow down and ponder each sentence carefully, weighing it up, letting it sink in. His observations are raw and relentlessly honest. He attributes his capacity for what I call his “clear vision” to the fact that he chose permanently to settle in and embrace his
Thoughts on Wendell Berry’s ‘The World-Ending Fire’
Thoughts on Wendell Berry’s ‘The World-Ending…
Thoughts on Wendell Berry’s ‘The World-Ending Fire’
My first thought is about Berry’s language. Every sentence weighs heavily in the mind, as gold weighs heavy in the hand. How does he combine ordinary words into such weighty thoughts? It is a gift of his. Reading him invites me to slow down and ponder each sentence carefully, weighing it up, letting it sink in. His observations are raw and relentlessly honest. He attributes his capacity for what I call his “clear vision” to the fact that he chose permanently to settle in and embrace his